Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, in the middle reaches of the Nu River. The Jinsha, Lancang and Nu rivers run south from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for more than 170 kilometers.

The Lika Mountain, Gaoligong Mountain, Biluoxue Mountain and Yunling Mountain running through it, forming a rare world natural wonder of "four mountains sandwiched by three rivers" and "three rivers flowing side by side"